Chad Taylor - on the new album, Facebook post (September 2013) Options

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Chad Taylor posted a couple of messages on Facebook

Writing this album hasn't been a conventional process. It's taken all the kings men and all the kings horses to put us back together again. We had to learn to be a band again, to trust that the next moment would come to us. There is no scientific reasoning for any of this, but there is this guttural principle of hard work, dedication and discipline that has always been the force behind each expression. We follow it without any idea where we might end up, good or bad. I know when we do this, we're at our best - CT

https://www.facebook.com/officialchadtaylor...569586249743809

The history and heritage of LIVE has become the standard by which all our new songs are being judged (like it or not). When you're writing and creating as a young artist, there are no such milestones for comparison. For the first time, my own measure of success is living up to or trying to exceed the goals I set and reached (or didn't reach) as a young artist. I'm sure this too has its own inherit limitation. We might be strapped down by 28 years of our own internal process, by our fans, by our success, and by our failures too. On the other hand, I am thankful that there are so many timeless elements of the band that are uniquely LIVE. Elements that as young artists we might have tried to cast aside. I can see now that in our past we may have forgone great material searching for the "new". New isn't necessarily better is it? For example, when I'm in the mood to hear AC/DC, I don't want to hear their experimental dance sessions. No, I want Back In Black, straight in your face rock n roll. So with this new album, I've had to really stay
in touch with what truly defines LIVE in order to make sure that the new LIVE is just like we remember...full of fresh inspired material but not a new band or a new sound or some gimmick. Just LIVE, nothing more, nothing less.

https://www.facebook.com/officialchadtaylor...570002766368824